Training Ground for Feelings: Atropia Turns War Games Into an Awkward Romance

There is something immediately unnerving about Atropia, and not just because it takes place inside a fabricated country designed to help soldiers rehearse for war. Directed by Hailey Gates, the film understands that the strangest part of these simulations is not the fake buildings or staged violence, but the emotional labor required to keep the illusion alive. From that discomfort, Atropia builds a dry, frequently funny satire that slowly reveals a softer and more complicated center.

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Neon Bruises and Bad Decisions: Refn’s Pusher Trilogy Hits Harder Than Ever

Nicolas Winding Refn’s Pusher Trilogy has officially arrived on Standard Edition 4K UHD and Standard Edition Blu-ray courtesy of Second Sight Films, and it feels less like a routine home video release and more like a long-overdue reckoning. First detonating onto the scene in the mid 1990s, these films did not merely introduce a bold new voice in European cinema; they announced it with a clenched fist and a bleeding nose. Refn’s debut, Pusher, remains a jolt to the nervous system.

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Love, Flesh, and Fracture: Together Lands at Home in Bloody Fashion

NEON has officially brought one of the year’s most talked-about genre hybrids home. Michael Shanks’ body-horror love story Together is now available across all major platforms, including digital, 4K Ultra HD, Blu-Ray, and DVD. Often described as one of the most fun horror films in recent years, Together turns a quiet night in into something far more disturbing.

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Love, Madness, and Tentacles: Why Possession Still Feels Dangerous

There are horror films you admire, horror films you endure, and then there are horror films that grab you by the throat and refuse to let go. Andrzej Żuławski’s Possession sits firmly in that last category. More than four decades after its release, it remains as confrontational, exhausting, and hypnotic as ever, and its Limited Dual Edition Box Set now stands as a definitive resurrection of one of the most unsettling films ever made.

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Jellyfish Season: A Sunburned, Cosmic Love Letter to Friendship

Jellyfish Season is the kind of film that quietly disarms you. What begins as a feature-length buddy comedy about three best friends forcing themselves onto a beach vacation gradually unfolds into something far more personal, strange, and emotionally resonant. Shot on Kodak 16mm and soaked in the sun-bleached textures of Florida, the film plays like a love letter to friendship, Florida, and the strange magic that happens when you finally slow down.

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